Mott MacDonald
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About the business unit
The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care.
The Unit delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of Programme Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Scheduling, Cost Management, Estimating, Infrastructure Finance, Management Consulting, Digital Consulting and Education, Health and Care Management.
Overview of role Are you an experienced Estimator seeking a new challenge?Interested in joining a leading multi-million-pound organisation to work on a range of exciting schemes?Do you wish to take on a role with excellent opportunities for long term career progression?
About the team
Our environment and water portfolio is primarily a UK based business delivering project, programme and commercial management services to regulated water/wastewater clients and the Environment Agency.
Our work stretches across the entire project lifecycle, from pre-contract cost estimating and benchmarking to post contract QS services and commercial assurance.
For project and programme management we deliver capital projects on behalf of our clients, both internal and external that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £0.5billion.
Additionally we are the home of the cost intelligence service, a specialist team of data analysts and economists who provide expert advice across all sectors on inflation and indexation. We currently work with around half of the UK’s regulated water and wastewater companies. What you will contribute to the team
- Be responsible for the provision of cost estimates up to appropriate Delivery Milestone within the programme area.
- Develop the estimating working practices within the programme area
- Ensure governance of all stakeholders is achieved within agreed timescales
- Ensure stakeholder costs are broken down to an appropriate level
- Provide high level solution costs for risk and value process evaluation
- Compile & submit to Procurement Department initial ‘requisition’ procurement schedule to identify forward demand
- Ensure that the challenge of sustainability is recognised within the proposed solution including carbon benefits.
- Liaison with 3rd Parties
- including land compensation, enabling teams etc and ensure adequate provision has been made for the respective allowances in the estimate
- Be responsible for the utilisation and implementation of standard products within the estimating package:
- Lean techniques, to increase predictability and productivity whilst reducing waste
- Standard products in the Product Catalogue within programmes
- Liaise with stakeholders to provide advice and identify risk and opportunities
- Ensure Programme and estimating package are aligned
- Ensure that the delivery team have a clear understanding of the delivery strategy;
- Solution cost build ups including detailed scheme breakdowns for gang structure, materials and production outputs etc. are provided at pre-start meeting
- Clear understanding of the financial issues of each scheme – risk & opportunities
Candidate Specification
- A degree in an Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or relevant experience
- ACostE/MRICS/MCIOB qualified or working towards
- Familiarity with an existing estimating package CANDY, CONQUEST CAUSEWAY COST EX etc.
- Extensive experience of working in infrastructure projects, ideally in the water sector but not limited to
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients and colleagues
- Understanding of how TOTEX (Total expenditure) is calculated using Capital Expenditure, Operational Expenditure, Whole Life cost and Embedded / Operational carbon values to provide whole life cost solutions to our clients
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
Agile working
Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Health and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
Financial wellbeing
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
Lifestyle
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
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